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By Punch
Jul 18, 2024

73% public JS pupils lack school furniture – UBEC

The report added that 45 per cent of private Junior Secondary School schools also lacked school furniture.

The event was organised by UBEC in collaboration with Private Sector Advisory Group.

Bobboyi explained that there exists a high deficit in physical infrastructure provision in schools.

He said, “Teaching takes place in a poor learning environment. 40 per cent of classrooms are in bad condition in the basic education subsector, the poor condition of classrooms cut across all geo-political zones.

“As of 2022, 907,769 additional classrooms were required in primary schools, and 200,085 were required in junior secondary schools. All geo-political zones are above the standard ratios (learner/classroom and learner/teacher) as specified by the National Policy on Education.